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A few years ago, reports indicated that Swedish life science companies did not focus as much on corporate social responsibility issues as other industries did. While larger pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporations have formalized much of what they already were doing into corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs, in the case of small-to-medium-sized companies, little has changed, […]

Cancer survivor Dave deBronkart wants to help patients get more involved and increase patient access to health care information. In January 2007, American Dave deBronkart got the news that makes every person’s world stop. deBronkart’s doctors told him that he had late-stage kidney cancer that had spread to lungs as well as some bones and […]

Industry-leaders get where they are by capitalizing on their strengths, whether that is an educated workforce, innovative thinkers, strong public-private partnerships or efficient government. With all these assets plus more, it is no surprise that Denmark has emerged as a world leader in the life sciences and health care. Thanks to world-class research facilities and […]

Ensuring the Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM) continues to lead at home in the molecular medicine field and grows in international prominence are among the goals of FIMM’s new director Dr. Jaakko Kaprio. “Molecular medicine is evolving rapidly and we need an institute in Finland that is at the forefront of the area of […]

Many people early on saw the enormous communications capabilities of the Internet, but Swedish digital platform pioneer Anna Omstedt Lindgren recognized the ability to link not just individuals but groups and create communities that transcend borders.

Professor Campbell has always been fascinated by parasites, he even paints their mouthparts as if they were flowers in a vase. He has also spent most of his life figuring out how to kill them, and improving health and wellbeing of millions of individuals.